# See LICENSE for licensing information. # # Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Regents of the University of California and The Board # of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College # (acting for and on behalf of Oklahoma State University) # All rights reserved. # from openram import debug from openram.base import design from openram.base import logical_effort from openram.tech import parameter, drc, spice from openram.tech import cell_properties as props class sense_amp(design): """ This module implements the single sense amp cell used in the design. It is a hand-made cell, so the layout and netlist should be available in the technology library. Sense amplifier to read a pair of bit-lines. """ def __init__(self, name="sense_amp"): super().__init__(name, prop=props.sense_amp) debug.info(2, "Create sense_amp") def get_bl_names(self): return "bl" def get_br_names(self): return "br" @property def dout_name(self): return "dout" @property def en_name(self): return "en" def get_cin(self): # FIXME: This input load will be applied to both the s_en timing and bitline timing. # Input load for the bitlines which are connected to the source/drain of a TX. Not the selects. from openram.tech import spice # Default is 8x. Per Samira and Hodges-Jackson book: # "Column-mux transistors driven by the decoder must be sized for optimal speed" bitline_pmos_size = 8 # FIXME: This should be set somewhere and referenced. Probably in tech file. return spice["min_tx_drain_c"] * bitline_pmos_size # ff def get_stage_effort(self, load): # Delay of the sense amp will depend on the size of the amp and the output load. parasitic_delay = 1 cin = (parameter["sa_inv_pmos_size"] + parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"]) / drc("minwidth_tx") sa_size = parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"] / drc("minwidth_tx") cc_inv_cin = cin return logical_effort('column_mux', sa_size, cin, load + cc_inv_cin, parasitic_delay, False) def analytical_power(self, corner, load): """Returns dynamic and leakage power. Results in nW""" # Power in this module currently not defined. Returns 0 nW (leakage and dynamic). total_power = self.return_power() return total_power def get_enable_name(self): """Returns name used for enable net""" # FIXME: A better programmatic solution to designate pins enable_name = self.en_name debug.check(enable_name in self.pin_names, "Enable name {} not found in pin list".format(enable_name)) return enable_name def build_graph(self, graph, inst_name, port_nets): """Adds edges based on inputs/outputs. Overrides base class function.""" self.add_graph_edges(graph, port_nets) def is_non_inverting(self): """Return input to output polarity for module""" #FIXME: This only applied to bl/br -> dout and not s_en->dout return True def get_on_resistance(self): """On resistance of pinv, defined by single nmos""" is_nchannel = True stack = 1 is_cell = False return self.tr_r_on(parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"], is_nchannel, stack, is_cell) def get_input_capacitance(self): """Input cap of input, passes width of gates to gate cap function""" return self.gate_c(parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"]) def get_intrinsic_capacitance(self): """Get the drain capacitances of the TXs in the gate.""" stack = 1 mult = 1 # Add the inverter drain Cap and the bitline TX drain Cap nmos_drain_c = self.drain_c_(parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"]*mult, stack, mult) pmos_drain_c = self.drain_c_(parameter["sa_inv_pmos_size"]*mult, stack, mult) bitline_pmos_size = 8 bl_pmos_drain_c = self.drain_c_(drc("minwidth_tx")*bitline_pmos_size, stack, mult) return nmos_drain_c + pmos_drain_c + bl_pmos_drain_c def cacti_rc_delay(self, inputramptime, tf, vs1, vs2, rise, extra_param_dict): """ Special RC delay function used by CACTI for sense amp delay """ import math c_senseamp = extra_param_dict['load'] vdd = extra_param_dict['vdd'] tau = c_senseamp/spice["sa_transconductance"] return tau*math.log(vdd/(0.1*vdd))